How Public Engagement Needs to Evolve, Part 6
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ENGAGING IDEAS – 02/2/2018
Planning Alternative Tomorrows With Hope (PATH)
Seeking the Meaningful Inclusion of People with Disabilities: the PATH Process at L’Arche Antigonish (Nova Scotia)
Feb 1 '18
L’Arche Antigonish, a community of people living with and without intellectual disabilities, engaged in a visioning session using a tool called Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH) to rethink their arts program and to move to more accessible community discussions that intentionally engage people living with disabilities in decisions that...
The C3 Framework, Elementary Education, and ELL Students
Many of the folks that read this blog and work in secondary civic and social studies education have considered ways in which they might incorporate the C3 Framework into the work that they do. This is no doubt just as true for elementary social studies educators (they, like Santa, DO exist you know!), and English Language Learners (ELLs) could benefit from the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) approach to inquiry and learning. Recently, our own Florida Joint Center for Citizenship director Dr. Steve Masyada coauthored, with ELL education expert Dr. Katherine Barko-Alva of William and Mary, a chapter in Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners. In this chapter, they walk teachers through an extended second grade lesson around civic life, modified for ELL students and integrating all 4 Dimensions of the C3 Framework. It might be of interest to folks thinking about ways in which we can get the C3 Framework into elementary classrooms and help our ELL students, and really, all students, in embracing civic life. Check out Dimensions of Success if you are so inclined!
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Bilancio partecipativo 2016 – Comune di Rivalta di Torino [Rivalta di Torino Participatory Budgeting 2016]
Feb 1 '18
Quarta edizione 2016-2017 del Bilancio partecipativo di Rivalta di Torino (20.000 abitanti). L’iniziativa è stata avviata dalla Lista civica Rivalta Sostenibile nel 2013 ed è continuata fino al 2017. Nelle elezioni del giugno 2017 la lista è stata rimpiazzata dalla coalizione guidata dal Partito Democratico che non darà continuità all'esperienza.
Interesting Upcoming Webinars
Our Curriculum Director, Val McVey, based out of our Connecticut office, passes along these upcoming webinars which may be of interest to folks in the field! The History and Memory webinar seems especially promising!
- “Technology and Digital Media in the Social Studies Classroom”:
Thursday, February 8, 3:30-4:30.
Experts in the field will discuss the latest technologies and methods to use them in the classroom. Co-sponsored by New England History Teachers Association. - “History and Memory”. This series explores the difference between history and memory, and explores how societies remember the past has a direct impact on the present. This is a four part series:
- History, Memory and the Civil War (February 22, 3:30-4:30)
- Memories of World War I and World War II (March 15, 3:30-4:30)
- Memories of the Vietnam War (April 5, 3:30-4:30)
- The Aftermath of 9/11 (May 3, 3:30-4:30)
Any educators wishing to sign up for these webinars should contact Stephen Armstrong at Stephen.Armstrong@ct.gov
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The Congressional Data Challenge from Library of Congress
An interesting competition has come out, offered by the Library of Congress, and folks with a creative, analytical, and/or technological bent might find it fun and worth a shot. The Library of Congress is looking for some interesting and unique ways to use and analyze Congressional data. Take a look!
What new insights can come from Congressional data?
A variety of Congressional publications and data sets are available on Congress.gov. The Library of Congress (LC) invites you to leverage that data to create new meaning or tools to help members of Congress and the public explore it in new ways.
What are we looking for?
LC would like to inspire creative use of technology to analyze digital Congressional information from Congress.gov. This could take the form of interactive visualizations, mobile or desktop applications, a website, or other digital creation.
Submission Criteria
Final submission will include a 2-minute demonstration video explaining a product, the data sources used, and its benefits. Source code is required to be published and licensed as CC0.
Prizes
LC will award $5,000 for first prize and $1,000 for the best high-school project. Honorable mentions may be awarded for:
- Best tracking of legislative status
- Best data visualization, and
- Best data mashup
To get you thinking, we offer a few example projects:
- A visualization of how the legislative process works using legislative data
- Tools that could be embedded on Congressional and public websites
- Legislative matching service, to identify Members with similar legislative interests
- Tools to improve accessibility of legislative data, and
- A tool that, based on bill text, identifies Members of Congress with legislative interests that are similar to the user’s, or to the legislative interests of other Members of Congress
Solvers may want to review the winners of the Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Data Challenge for inspiration in how innovators of all ages have looked at data in different ways.
Be sure to check out challenge.gov for questions and to enter! We would love to see what you do!
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Schools of Participation
Case: Schools of Participation
Feb 1 '18
Schools of Participation are courses designed to provide an inclusive space for marginalised or disadvantaged groups to meet, share experiences and gain the skills needed to implement positive changes in their lives and communities.
Schools of Participation
Case: Schools of Participation
Feb 1 '18
Schools of Participation are courses designed to provide an inclusive space for marginalised or disadvantaged groups to meet, share experiences and gain the skills needed to implement positive changes in their lives and communities.